Israel is a major player in the global technology sector - boasting the second largest cyber startup market in the world. Here is how the conditions on the ground in Israel and Gaza is rippling into …
On AI Enabled Weapons and the Just Preparation for War
BABL AI - an Iowa city, Iowa-based company that audits and certifies AI systems - partnered with the Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership at the U.S. Naval Academy to co-publish Report on “AI …
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Global Day of Jihad? Hamas Declares Friday, October 13th ‘Day Of General Mobilization’
In what is being called a "Global Day of Jihad", a former Hamas leader has called for all Muslims worldwide "to take to the streets and the city squares in Arab and Islamic cities, as well as in …
Platypus Finance suffers its third hack in 2023, losses $2m
Decentralized finance (defi) protocol Platypus Finance suffered yet another hack this year, as around $2 million was stolen from the project. According to a security firm PeckShield, the protocol has …
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New Clues Suggest Stolen FTX Funds Went to Russia-Linked Money Launderers
There is an ongoing criminal trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried while cryptocurrency experts are following a different FTX-related crime. There are still-unidentified thieves who stole over $400 …
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Hamas Militants Behind Israel Attack Raised Millions in Crypto
Hamas’s lightning strike on Israel last weekend has raised the question how the group financed the surprise operation. One answer: cryptocurrency. During the year leading up to the attacks, three …
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How Does Hamas Use Cryptocurrency for Fundraising and Financial Activities?
In our recent post on crypto fraud relative to fraud in the traditional fiat monetary systems, we encouraged our readers to think very critically about the perceptions of and narratives about the …
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The environmental impact of the AI revolution is starting to come into focus
If every search on Google used AI similar to ChatGPT, it might burn through as much electricity annually as the country of Ireland. Why? Adding generative AI to Google Search increases its energy use …
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The Strategic Implications of the Recent Data Scraping of Genetic Testing Market Leader 23andMe
The exponential growth of the bioeconomy is all at once an opportunity for strategic competitive advantage and wrought with the perils of unintended consequences wrought by broad data security and …
Crypto Fraud is Less Than 1% of the Annual $3.2 Trillion in Illegal Activity in the Traditional Fiat Monetary System
The current perception of the scale of fraud in the cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies ecosystem - now based largely on the scale of and level of headlines dedicated to the FTX fraud and …